diff --git a/src/main/java/teetime/framework/AbstractCompositeStage.java b/src/main/java/teetime/framework/AbstractCompositeStage.java
index 1a7fd8696a5062b259c19246ef62d331363d7771..984ca18157bcdeab7809b13c0eeee41d7ddeaee8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/teetime/framework/AbstractCompositeStage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/teetime/framework/AbstractCompositeStage.java
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ package teetime.framework;
  * Represents a minimal stage that composes several other stages.
  *
  * @since 1.2
- * @author Christian Wulf, Nelson Tavares de Sousa
  *
+ * @author Christian Wulf, Nelson Tavares de Sousa
  *
  */
 public abstract class AbstractCompositeStage {
@@ -50,11 +50,4 @@ public abstract class AbstractCompositeStage {
 		context.connectPorts(sourcePort, targetPort, capacity);
 	}
 
-	protected final <T> void connectBoundedInterThreads(final OutputPort<? extends T> sourcePort, final InputPort<T> targetPort) {
-		ConfigurationContext.connectBoundedInterThreads(sourcePort, targetPort);
-	}
-
-	protected final <T> void connectBoundedInterThreads(final OutputPort<? extends T> sourcePort, final InputPort<T> targetPort, final int capacity) {
-		ConfigurationContext.connectBoundedInterThreads(sourcePort, targetPort, capacity);
-	}
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/teetime/framework/RunnableConsumerStageTestConfiguration.java b/src/test/java/teetime/framework/RunnableConsumerStageTestConfiguration.java
index 965fe3e609807173084ef1e77b942b5458ce27f1..c2305835696076d0e4c6bfead0676536e35bc34f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/teetime/framework/RunnableConsumerStageTestConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/test/java/teetime/framework/RunnableConsumerStageTestConfiguration.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public class RunnableConsumerStageTestConfiguration extends Configuration {
 		addThreadableStage(collectorSink);
 
 		// Can not use createPorts, as the if condition above will lead to an exception
-		connectBoundedInterThreads(producer.getOutputPort(), collectorSink.getInputPort());
+		ConfigurationContext.connectBoundedInterThreads(producer.getOutputPort(), collectorSink.getInputPort());
 
 		this.collectorSink = collectorSink;
 	}